Psalm 137:4

New King James Version

How shall we sing the Lord’s song In a foreign land?

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:4

A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance;

Isaiah 22:12

And in that day the Lord God of hosts Called for weeping and for mourning, For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.

Isaiah 49:21

Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me, Since I have lost my children and am desolate, A captive, and wandering to and fro? And who has brought these up? There I was, left alone; But these, where were they?’ ”

Hosea 9:4

They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord, Nor shall their sacrifices be pleasing to Him. It shall be like bread of mourners to them; All who eat it shall be defiled. For their bread shall be for their own life; It shall not come into the house of the Lord.

Amos 8:3

And the songs of the temple Shall be wailing in that day,” Says the Lord God— “Many dead bodies everywhere, They shall be thrown out in silence.”